Does a husband have an obligation to pay the wife's attorney fees before the division of the community property?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Marriage of Barnert, In re, 149 Cal.Rptr. 616, 85 Cal.App.3d 413 (Cal. App. 1978):
Husband cites Wong v. Superior Court (1966) 246 Cal.App.2d 541, 54 Cal.Rptr. 782, for the proposition that since husband's liability for attorney's fees may be deducted as a community obligation prior to the division of the community property, the obligation for the wife's attorney's fees should also be deducted prior to the division of property.
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